1 /*
2 * Copyright 2004 David C. Brown
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 * limitations under the License.
15 */
16 package net.sf.ashkay.strategies;
17
18 import net.sf.ashkay.CacheEntry;
19
20
21 /***
22 * NullCachingStrategy prevents the cache from caching any data about the object
23 */
24
25 public class NullCachingStrategy extends SoftReferenceCachingStrategy
26 {
27
28 /***
29 * Always returns false.
30 *
31 * @param entry - the entry to validate
32 * @return false to force factory loads each time.
33 */
34 public boolean validate(CacheEntry entry)
35 {
36 super.validate(entry);
37 return false;
38 }
39 }